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  • Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
    • in Ideologies · Radicalisation · Regions · Research

    The Swedish Mujahideen: An Exploratory Study of 41 Swedish Foreign Fighters Deceased in Iraq and Syria

    Journal Abstract This study analyzes the demographics, criminality, and network relations of forty-one deceased Swedish foreign fighters. Our results show that most of the deceased Swedish foreign fighters were on[…]

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    • in Groups · Regions · Research · Think-tank · World

    The Islamic State’s Global Insurgency and its Counterstrategy Implications

    Journal abstract At the dawn of its caliphate, the Islamic State’s global pretensions were limited to being the premier destination for foreign “travellers,” but we now understand that the caliphate[…]

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    • in Causes of radicalisation · Ideologies · Research · World

    Those Who Choose to Fight the Islamic State: Autobiographical Accounts of Western Volunteers

    Journal abstract This article is a qualitative study of anti-IS fighters who have traveled from the West to join the military struggle in Syria and Iraq. while earlier studies have[…]

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    • in Causes of radicalisation · Research · Think-tank · World

    A Comparative Analysis of the Data on Western Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq: Who Went and Why?

    Journal abstract This report offers a concise, comprehensive, and critical overview of the empirical findings available on the background and possible motivations of the young Western men and women who[…]

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    • in Radicalisation · Regions · Research · World

    Risk Factors for Terrorism: A Comparison of Family, Childhood, and Personality Risk Factors Among Iraqi Terrorists, Murderers, and Controls

    Journal abstract Terrorism represents a major threat to global security; however, psychosocial risk factors for terrorism are insufficiently explored in the literature. Using a cross-sectional design, we examined group differences[…]

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    • in Discussions on Policy · Regions · Research · World

    Handbook of Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Post 9/11

    Publisher’s description The events of 9/11 gave rise to a new epoch in world history. This Handbook examines how the world order and our understanding of war and peace has[…]

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    The Promotion of Secularization as a Counterterrorism Strategy to Religious Terrorism: A Case Study of Iraq

    Journal abstract The increasing importance of establishing an Islamic state (a Caliphate) among religious terrorist groups has drawn the attention of academics and policymakers towards the benefits and pitfalls of[…]

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    • in Radicalisation · Regions · Research · World

    From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists: Human Resources of Non State Armed Groups

    Publisher’s description At the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, thousands of pro-democracy rebel groups spontaneously formed to fight the Assad regime. Years later, the revolution was unrecognizable as[…]

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    Pursuing the allure of combat: an ethnography of violence amongst Iraqi Shi’I combatants fighting ISIS

    Journal abstract The social sciences speak of violence through its meaning, performances, manifestations and representations; however, the inner workings of violence are less explored. In order to suggest a different[…]

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    ISIS: A History

    Publisher’s description The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS and what does it portend for[…]

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